Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a major international financial centre with many global corporations, financial institutions and service providers established in the jurisdiction.

Hong Kong offers a number of products and services to local and international investors and is home to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Stock (SEHK), which is Asia's third largest stock exchange in terms of market capitalisation.

Hong Kong has political and economic stability and is geographically well situated to link with China and the European and American markets. Hong Kong has also retained its common law system under the "One country, Two systems" principle and has a robust regulatory regime and transparent taxation scheme.

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Carey Olsen in Hong Kong

Carey Olsen opened an offshore dispute resolution and insolvency practice in Hong Kong in 2016, which followed the establishment of our Singapore office in 2015.

The growth in demand for our services to Asian-based clients and those investing into the region was the driver behind the expansion of our global footprint into Asia.

We advise clients and referrers on the full spectrum of contentious, semi-contentious and advisory offshore work from our Hong Kong office, which is supported by our British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey legal teams. Our global dispute resolution team comprises 40 associate lawyers led by 15 partners.

Clients benefit from our proven expertise in domestic and international restructuring and insolvency, corporate and commercial disputes, banking and financial services litigation, trusts litigation as well as fraud, asset tracing and regulatory disputes.